The Suffolk Cooperative Library System (SCLS) is a

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system, providing services to public libraries in

Suffolk County, New York Suffolk County ( ) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of Long Island. It is bordered to its west by Nassau County, to its east by Gardiners Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean, to its no ...

, United States. The system is governed by a nine-member board elected by trustees of member libraries.

Mission

According to the mission statement, SCLS aims to provide "traditional and innovative public library service to all the people of Suffolk County." In 2010, SCLS introduced the Live-brary service, a "digital branch" with databases, historical newspapers, downloadable audio and

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s, and other research tools available for patrons of member libraries.

History

SCLS was established in 1961 and for the first 10 years of its existence operated out of the basement of the

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References

Education in Suffolk County, New York Public libraries in New York (state) 1961 establishments in New York (state) {{library-stub